Kathmandu residents face hours-long queues as highway blockages, pent-up demand, and distribution bottlenecks squeeze cooking gas supplies, triggering price hikes and the resignation of the commerce minister.

Her resignation follows criticism over comments that LPG supplies would not ease until action was taken against industrialists.

As a farmers’ cooperative opens more stalls in the capital, growers say the bigger challenge is now grading, packaging and getting the fruit to market in good condition.

Bhotekoshi floods are expected to cut food production by 7,686 tonnes in affected areas.

Fuel, food and other essentials are reaching the Capital through alternative roads, but transport disruption is pushing up prices and limiting cooking gas supplies.

Companies, banks, insurers and individual donors have pledged millions of rupees to Nepal’s disaster relief fund as rescue operations continue and affected communities face a long road to recovery.

Imports of makeup, skincare and haircare products reached Rs13 billion in the last fiscal year, with traders attributing rising demand to social media and the growing beauty-service industry.

Transplanting has reached 97.48 percent, up from 94 percent last year, with Madhesh making the biggest gain and officials expecting higher production.

Nepal issued more than 700,000 agricultural insurance policies in five years, but most cover livestock and fish, not crops.

The government has compensated 104 affected farmers after culling more than 835,000 birds, while officials say fresh claims could require another Rs100 million.

Recurring system failures are forcing citizens to wait for hours and make repeated trips for routine government services.

A fault in the Department of Land Management and Archives’ public access system has delayed land transactions and other services for two days.

Depositors from 10 of the 23 cooperatives declared crisis-ridden by the government have received partial refunds. Victims allege the payout process remains unfair.

The proposed policy prioritises family and community-based care while assigning local governments a larger role in healthcare, rehabilitation and social support for senior citizens.

Experts say the success of the initiative will depend on clear implementation arrangements rather than the creation of another institutional structure.